ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY IAS BABA

REPEATED THEMES REPEATED TOPICS

TRAVELLERS DURING
PRE-MOURYA, MOURYA,
• Hiuen-Tsang, Abdul Razak, Megasthenese etc.
POST – MOURYAN
• Their interpretation about the socio-cultural setup of kingdoms during
PERIOD, VIJAYANAGAR their visits.
KINGDOM, MUGHAL
PERIOD (2013, 2023)

• Annihilation of karma
• Soul v/s objectivism
• Karma v/s Soul
• Important principles of the Jain Doctrine.
• Major differences between Buddhism and Jainism.
• Kingdoms associated with the life of Buddha.(Avanti, Kosala,
Gandhara, Magadha etc)
JAIN DOCTRINE & • Important Buddhist followers and their teachings.
BUDDHISM (2013, 2014, • Differences between Viharas and Chaityas.
• Concept of Nirvana in Buddhism
2023)
• Famous Jain and Buddhist Philosophers
• Play wrights and their literary works.
• Monks
• Important towns associated with Buddhism and Jainism.
• Jaina texts (2022)
• Buddhists Sites – Dhanyakatak, (2023)
• Buddhist Stupa (2023)

IMPORTANT ANCIENT
INDIAN TOWNS OF
• Dholavira, Kalibangan, Rakhigarhi, Ghantasala, Kaduraetc
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
• Site of Ashoka’s major rock edicts (2022)
IMPORTANCE LIKE THE • Somnath Temple (2022)
HARAPPAN SITES
(2019, 2021, 2023)
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VARIOUS KINGDOMS
IN NORTH, • The Guptas of Magadha
• The Paramaras of malwa
NORTH-WEST, CENTRAL
• The Maukharis of Kannauj
INDIA AND THEIR • The yadavasofDevagiri
ARRANGEMENT FROM • The maitrakas of vallabhi etc

NORTH TO SOUTH (2021)

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
RIG-VEDIC ARYANS V/S • Religious customs and beliefs
INDUSVALLEY • Socio-cultural conditions

CIVILISATION (2017)

FAMOUS ART & • During various dynasties like Swapna vasavadatta, Malavikagnimitra.
LITERARY WORKS (2016, • Megha doota etc and their story lines.
• Kautilya’s Arthashastra , Sangam literature (2022)
2023)

TERMS AND • During various dynasties like Swapna vasavadatta, Malavikagnimitra.

DESCRIPTIONS • Megha doota etc and their story lines.
• Kautilya’s Arthashastra , Sangam literature (2022)
(2016,2023)
MEDIEVAL INDIAN HISTORY IAS BABA
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THE MUGHALS • Arrival of Mughals to India

(IMPORTANT RULERS • Important rulers of the dynasty.

• Introduction of various cultural changes.
LIKE BABUR, AKBAR,
• Art and Architecture
JAHANGIR ETC) • Establishment of various dynasties
(2015, 2022) • Famous literary works and their features.

• Administrative structure
THE FEUDAL SYSTEM
• Land reforms
ARRANGEMENT (2015) • Feudal lord v/s Overlord

IMPORTANT • Contributions of Mughal rulers in monument constructions like Ibadat

khana, Buland darwaza–Akbar, Babur etc.
MONUMENTS
• Materials used for monument construction like red sandstone, white
(2014, 2018) marble etc.

VARIOUS • Mahattara, Pattakilaetc

DESIGNATIONS IN • Names of military officers, village headmen,chiefs of craft guilds,

COURT HALL (2014) vedicrituals etc.

VIJAYANAGARA AND
• Important rulers
BAHMANI KINGDOMS • Unique taxation system
(2015)

MEDIEVAL INDIAN • Champaka–Himachal pradesh

STATES AND THEIR • Durgara–Jammu
• Trigarta–Jalandhar etc.
PRESENT NAMES (2015)
• Territorial consolidation
THE MARATHAS (2015) • Important positions in the administrative
• And military systems

VARIOUS WRITERS AND • Rulers during their period.

THEIR DESCRIPTIONS • Important observations mentioned in their Literary works.
(socio-cultural-political)
(2013, 2021)
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IMPORTANT TERMS AND • Paragana, suba, sarkar etc.

DESCRIPTIONS (2021) • Fanam, Kulah-Daran (2022)

CHRONOLOGICAL
• Rise of various dynasties like pallavas,
ORDER OF EVENTS • Chola, Pratiharas, Pandyasetc
(2019, 2023)
DELHI SULTANATES • Administrative features.
(2019) • Land reforms and revenue system

CONTEMPORARY
• Annamayya, Saint nimbaraka,Saint Kabir And their literary works.
SAINTS AND RULERS • Ramanuja (2022)
(2019)

IMPORTANT TRADING
CENTERS, SEAPORTS, • Machilipatnam, Marmagoa, Nelluru,Kakinada, Motupalli etc.

SEAROUTES (2018, 2023)

KINGS AND DYNASTIES
• Bahadur Shah
(2022, 2023)
MODERN INDIAN HISTORY IAS BABA
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BRITISH CONQUEST • Annexation of Indian states
(2014) • Regulation of EastIndia Company v/s Crown rule

• Regulating act
BRITISH REFORMS (2015) • Charter acts
• Government of India acts, 1909,1919,1935 and their features
VARIOUS COMMITTEES
AND THEIR OBJECTIVES • Radcliffe Committee and its objectives

(2014)
• Quit India Movement
REVOLTS AND THEIR
• Simon Commission
CONSEQUENCES (2015) • Cripps Proposal etc

PHILOSOPHIES AND • Bijak, pushtimarg etc

TEACHINGS (2014) • Various proponents/philosophers and their teachings

• Mimamsa, Vedanta
INDIAN PHILOSOPHIES
• Nyaya, Vaisheshika
(2014) • Sankhya, Yoga etc
• Home Rule Movement
IMPORTANT LEADERS
• Indian National Congress
AND RELATED • Theosophical Society
MOVEMENTS (2013) • Brahma Samaj, AryaSamaj etc
• Various Satyagraha, Movements and related committees.
FREEDOM • Ex: Rowlatt Satyagraha-Sedition committee.

STRUGGLE (2015) • Various personalities included in the movement.

• Ex: Gandhiji, Tilak, Dadabhainaoroji ,Sarojini Naidu etc

CRITICS AND FAVOURS • Personalities who supported and revolted against the colonial policies

OF COLONIALISM (2015) • Ex: Dadabhai Naoroji, R.C.Dutt, Subramania Iyer etc

VARIOUS PARTIES AND • Congress Socialist Party advocated Parliamentary democracy.

THEIR OBJECTIVES • Communist and Marxist Parties advocated Dictatorship
of the proletariat
(2015)
VARIOUS MISSIONS
• Cabinet Mission recommended federal government
AND THEIR • Cripps Mission recommendations etc (2022)
OBJECTIVES (2015)
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MODERATES,
EXTREMISTS AND • Ideologies and differences

REVOLUTIONARIES • Various parties formed by them

(2014, 2015)
INDIAN NATIONAL • Various sessions and their chairmen

CONGRESS (2015) • Resolutions passed like attainment of poorna swaraj etc

INDIANS’RESPONSE TO • Review of the commission

VARIOUS COMMISSIONS • No membership
• Complete revolting against it
(2014)
• Important features.
CONSTITUENT
• Whether elected by provincial legislative assemblies or nominated
ASSEMBLY (2014) by Indian national congress and muslim league

PEASANT, TRIBAL • Tebhaga movement

MOVEMENTS • Birsamunda revolt
• Mapilla rebellion of 1921 etc
(2013, 2019, 2020)
NEWSPAPERS AND
MAGAZINES PUBLISHED
• Amrita bazaar patrika, SomPrakesh, Tahzib–ul-akhlaq
IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES
(2013)
PARTIES ESTABLISHED • Dr.B.R.Ambedkar established All India scheduled caste federation,
BY FAMOUS The independent labour party etc.
• Ghadar Party (2022)
PERSONALITIES (2013)
CONTRIBUTIONS BY
FAMOUS PERSONALITIES
•Mahatma Gandhi, Tilak, Dadabhai Naoroji, Tilak etc
TO INDIAN NATIONAL
MOVEMENT (2014)
ROUND TABLE • Main objectives
CONFERENCES (2015, • Demands put forward
• Important pacts signed
2016)
MODERN INDIAN HISTORY IAS BABA
REPEATED THEMES REPEATED TOPICS
• Regulating act,GOI-1909,1919,1935 etc
ACTS PASSED DURING
• Governors/viceroys during the acts
THE BRITISH COLONIAL • Major contributions of governors/viceroys.
RULE (2017, 2022, 2023) • The Official Secrets Act 1923, The Indian Evidence Act 1872

CHRONOLOGICAL
• Sequential order of the events from the First war of Indian
ORDER OF THE EVENTS
Independence to post Independent India.
DURING INDIAN
• National Handloom Day, Swadeshi Movement
NATIONAL MOVEMENT • Constitution Day
(2019, 2017, 2023)
IMPORTANT LITERARY
• Gandhi, Nehru, Sarojininaidu etc like“Songs from prison”
WORKS (2021)
• On agriculture
COLONIAL POLICIES AND • On land reforms

IMPACTS (2017, 2023) • On artisans, peasants, arts and handicraftsmen, Zamindars etc.
• On Railways

FIRSTS DURING
• First woman president of INC
INDIAN NATIONAL • First Muslim president of INC
MOVEMENT (2015)
FACTORIES, SEAPORTS,
SEA ROUTES OF THE
• Broach, Trichinopoly, Chica Cole etc
ENGLISH EASTINDIA
COMPANY (2021)
IMPORTANT
PERSONALITIES • Leaders of Swadeshi and boycott movement.
ASSOCIATED WITH • Members of the Interim Government,1946
• Officers of INA etc
RESPECTIVE MOVEMENTS
(2021,2022)
PERSONS AND
• President of All India liberal federation
POSITIONS HELD DURING
• Members of the constituent assembly
NATIONAL MOVEMENT • Members of the communist party of India
(2019)
GEOGRAPHY IAS BABA
REPEATED THEMES REPEATED TOPICS
ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION Terms like “Event horizon”,“Singularity”,“String theory”,etc which are in
OF THE EARTH the news.
Cepheids, Nebulae, Pulsars
(2017,2023)

EARTHQUAKES
Recent Delhi earthquakes, Uttarakhand flash floods etc.
(2018,2019)

CONTINENTAL DRIFT Recently Zealandia continent found which marks the correctness of the

THEORY (2014) drift theory.

VOLCANOES
Active and dormant volcanoes across India and the World.
(2018)

PLATE TECTONICS Mountain building process.

(2015) Ex: Himalayan formation.

Deep gorges
River courses.
Parallel mountain ranges
TYPES OF LANDFORMS
Steep gradients causing landslides and other physical features.
(2013, 2023) Hills and Mountains Ranges – Amarkantak, Biligiri Rangana Hills,
Sheshachalam hills
Ex: Himalayan formation.

Different types of soils like laterite soil, alluvial soil etc.

Colour of the soil.
SOIL FORMATION Chemical Composition

(2014, 2017, 2023) Regions comprising of a particular variety of soil.

Crops grown
Niger seed

Global warming
Variations in lengths of day time and night time.
SOLAR RADIATION AND
Latitudinal and longitudinal positions of particular places and physical
HEAT BUDGET OF THE
features.
EARTH. (2013, 2023) Temperature Contrast between continents and oceans
Specific Heat of water and land
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ATMOSPHERIC Recent Amphan cyclone.
CIRCULATION - Inter tropical convergence zones.

CYCLONES, WESTERLIES, Coriolis force.

Westerlies etc
JETSTREAM’S (2015)

EVAPORATION,
CONDENSATION AND
Thunderstorm and lightning in Bihar and U.P etc
PRECIPITATION
(2013,2019)
WORLD CLIMATE AND
Savannah, Equatorial, Monsoon, Mediterranean
CLIMATE CHANGE
Climates etc.
(2015)

RELIEF OF THE OCEANS

Ocean beds and critical resources available.
(2014)

TEMPERATURE AND
Acidification of Oceans.
SALINITY DISTRIBUTION
Causes and concern
IN THE OCEAN Effect on flora and fauna.
(2013,2018)
Equatorial counter current
TYPES OF OCEAN
Convergence of 2currents.
CURRENTS (2015) Effect of salinity of water etc.

Ecosystem productivity.
ECOSYSTEM Marine Upwelling zones.

(2013,2017) Nutrients over and below the soil surface

Bottom dwelling etc.

Various biosphere reserves, their unique features and the places

BIODIVERSITY AND
associated with them.
CONSERVATION Exotic and invasive species.
(2013, 2023) Biogeographical zones.
Marsupials
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PHYSIOGRAPHY OF
Geographical spread of a particular feature– Like over 5 states, 3districts
INDIA - MOUNTAINS,
etc.
HILLS, PLATEAU, PLAINS Important features of these physiographical areas.
ETC. (2015,2017,2022)
DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN
INDIA (2016,2017, Source and the course of a particular water body.

2022,2023)

CLIMATE OF INDIA – Seasonal reversal of winds.

INDIAN MONSOON (2014) Important features of Indian monsoon and its socio-economic effects.

Various flora and fauna in these regions.

NATURAL VEGETATION Climatic conditions.
AND SOILS OF INDIA - Soil composition
Agriculture and irrigational facilities
NATIONAL PARKS,
Deciduous Trees
BIOSPHERE RESERVES, Micro-Organisms and their characteristics
MANGROVES ETC. (2015, Bhitarkanika Mangroves

2017, 2018, 2023) Marakkanam salt pans, Naupada swamp, Ran of Kutch
Tropical Rain Forest

NATURAL DISASTERS -
FLOODS, DROUGHTS,
Causes, effects and conditions favoring these disasters.
LANDSLIDES, CYCLONES,
Seismograph, P & S waves
EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMIS
ETC. (2013,2014,2023)
Various gases released by agricultural soils.
INDIAN AGRICULTURE
Cattle and dairy industries etc.
AND TYPES Arable land, irrigated area, productivity per hectare
(2019,2022,2023) Small farmer and Large field

Geographical spread.
CORAL REEFS (2018) Comparison between animal phyla and flora in coral reefs along with
other Geophysical features.
GEOGRAPHY IAS BABA
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Causes for the occurrence.
EL-NINO (2016) Effects on different parts of the world.
Socio-economic concerns

Unique characteristic’s.
LA-NINA (2014,2017)
Regions covered.

Characteristics.
INDIAN OCEAN
Reasons for Occurrence.
DIPOLE (2017) Impact on El-Nino and La-Nina.

MADDEN JULIAN Effect on Indian monsoons.

OSCILLATIONS (2016) Unique features.

POLAR
Ozone depletion and Ozone hole
VORTEX (2014)
PACIFIC DECADAL Effect on Indian monsoon.

OSCILLATIONS (2015) Geographical spread.

Criteria.
HEATWAVES (2018) European heat waves

SUN SPOT CYCLES

Effects on climate change
(2017)
FOREST FIRE
Amazon fire, Australian bushfire.
(2016,2019)

TRIBES OF THE WORLD Particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs)

AND INDIA (2019) Geographical spread

HEAT ISLANDS (2017) Increasing air pollution in metro cities

SEISMIC NOISE (2014) Causes and adverse effects on flora and fauna

ENVIRONMENTAL
New EIA draft bill,2020
IMPACT
ASSESSMENT (2019)
GEOGRAPHY IAS BABA
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Volcanic eruption’s in Pacific ocean
RING OF FIRE (2018)
Indonesian and Philippine volcanic eruption’s

WETLANDS AND THEIR

Total geographical area under wetlands.
CONSERVATION
Coastal and inland wetlands.
(2013, 2018, 2022)
Unique fauna in news.
DISTRIBUTION OF
IUCN status.
WILDLIFE AND THEIR Geographical spread.
CONSERVATION (2013) Conservation initiatives if any.

Important places of geographical importance

PLACES IN NEWS And countries associated.
(2016,2018, 2022, 2023) Arab Peace Initiative
Ukraine and its surrounding countries

MOUNTAIN PASSES AND Artificial lakes and natural lakes.

LAKES (2018, 2022) Occurrence

MAJOR STRAITS OF THE Occurrence.

WORLD (2015) Regions connected to it.

MAJOR WATER BODIES -

MEDITERRANEAN, Unique features if any.
CASPIAN, RED SEA, Countries bordering them.
Congo basin
BLACK SEA ETC. (2019,
2022, 2023)

POPULATION AND Labour migration

RELATED ISSUES (2014, Sex ratio

2017) Related schemes

Role of state and central governments in mineral mines.

MINERALS AND THEIR
Occurrence, Importance of Uranium and Coal
DISTRIBUTION (2018, Ilmenite and Rutile
2022, 2023) Cobalt, Gold
GEOGRAPHY IAS BABA
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INTERNATIONAL Trade deficit of India with U.S and China etc.

TRADE (2017) Causes and measures.

ENERGY RESOURCES Sulphur content ,ash content in fuels.

AND CRISIS Fusion temperature
Coal based Thermal Power Plant
(2013, 2017, 2023)

INDUSTRIAL SEZs, NIMZs etc.

SETUP Bharatmala ,Sagarmala projects etc.
MSMED Act, 2006
(2015, 2016, 2023)
Various sea ports and their importance
TRANSPORTATION AND
Major project on Road ways
COMMUNICATION (2016,
Air India nationalization
2023) Adjusted gross revenue of telecom companies etc.

Reasons and measures taken for water conservation.

WATER CONSERVATION Water deficit and its percentage in various countries.

(2014) Ground water table and percentages of water present.

Integrated watershed development programme etc.

RESERVOIRS
AND STATES (2022)
ENVIRONMENT IAS BABA
REPEATED THEMES REPEATED TOPICS
• Glossary of the terms like, Ecosystem (2015)
• Legume Intensification (2020)
GENERAL
• Carbon Sequestration (2017, 2023)
ENVIRONMENTAL • Biological Oxygen Demand (2017)
ECOLOGY • Vertical Farming and Crop Diversification (2020)
• Blue Carbon (2021)

• Green Hydrogen (2023)

• Biofilters (2023)
• Hydrogen enriched CNG(H-CNG) (2019)
• The partnership action for Green Economy (2018)
• Bio-remediation and its Environmental advantages (2017)
• Bio-char and its uses (2020)
• Algae based Bio-fuels (2017)
• Sustainable Development Goals and their Objectives. (2016)
SUSTAINABLE
• Bio-carbon fund initiative for sustainable forest landscapes. (2015)
DEVELOPMENT • ‘Earth hour’ and its objectives (2014)
INITIATIVES • Green Climate Fund (2015)
• Climate Smart Agriculture and Climate Smart Village (2021)
• Environmental Impact Assessment-(EIA) (2021)
• ‘R2 code of Practices’ (2021)
• Polar code (2022)
• Miyawaki method (2022)
• Bio rock technology (2022)
• Polyethylene terephthalate (2022)

• The Wildlife Protection Act,1972 and schedules (2020)

LAWS, REGULATORY • National Policy on Bio-Fuels (2020)

• The Environmental Protection Act,1986 and its provisions (2019)
BODIES, POLICIES
• Central Ground Water Authority (2020) • Indian ForestAct,1927 (2019)
AND CONFERENCES • Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of
FOR ENVIRONMENT Forest Rights) Act, 2006. (2019)

AND ITS • Animal Welfare Board of India (2014) • National Green Tribunal (2018)
• Central Pollution Control Board (2018) • Green India Mission (2016)
PROTECTION
• National Tiger Conservation Authority (2014)
AT THE • National Ganga River Basin Authority (2014)
NATIONAL LEVEL. • Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and its Provisions (2022)
• Carbon Markets (2023)
ENVIRONMENT IAS BABA
REPEATED THEMES REPEATED TOPICS
• UNOPS (S3i) (2023) • Invasive Species Specialist Group (2023)
• The Ramsar Convention (2019)
• The Wetlands (Conservation and Management)Rules,2010.(2019)
• Global Alliance on Climate-Smart Agriculture(GACSA) (2018)
• ‘Momentum for Change Climate Neutral Now ’initiative (2018)
• Trade related analysis of flora and fauna in commerce (TRAFFIC)(2017)
• Global Climate Alliance (2017)
• Un-Habitat in United Nations Programme (2017)
• Climate and Clean Air coalition-(CCAC) (2017)
LAWS, REGULATORY
• UN-REDD+ Programme (2016)
BODIES, POLICIES, • ‘Agenda 21’initiative(2016)
CONFERENCES FOR • Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (2015)

ENVIRONMENT AND ITS • Bird life International (2015)

• IUCN and Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
PROTECTION AT THE
of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (2015)
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL • Rio+20 Conference (2015)
• Organisations like UNEP, OECD, ADB, World Bank and their
Environmental initiatives (2015)
• New York Declaration on Forests(2021)
• Common Carbon Metric(2021)
• Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and its Provisions(2022)
• UNFCCC (2022)

• Mercury Pollution (2023)

• Hydrofluorocarbons and industrial applications (2023)
• Benzene Pollution(2020)
• Pollutants released by Coal-fired Electric Power Plants (2020)
• Social Cost of Carbon (2020)
• Microbeads and Environmental concerns (2019)
• Gases released due to burning of Bio-mass residues (2019)
CONTROL • Gases released through agriculture activities, soil, cattle rearing,
Poultry industry etc. (2019)
• Consequences of heavy mining in river beads. (2018)
• Air Quality Index and gases considered to measure them. (2016, 2022)
• Carbon Cycle and causative factors adding Carbon (2014)
• Coalbed Methane and Shale Gas (2014)
• Acid rain and causes. (2013, 2022) • Greenwashing(2022)
• Nitrogen-fixing plants (2022)
ENVIRONMENT IAS BABA
REPEATED THEMES REPEATED TOPICS
• Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary (2018)
• Protected area around Cauvery basin (2020)
WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES, • Protected areas well known for conservation of Indian Swamp
Deer (2020)
PROTECTED AREAS,
• National Parks in Temperate Alpine Zone(2019)
BIO-SPHERE RESERVES, • Agasthyamala Biosphere reserve(2019)
NATIONAL PARKS AND • Eco-sensitive zones(2014)
ECO- SENSITIVE ZONES • Desert National Park (2020)
• Critical wild life habitat and habitat rights (2018)
• Community Reserve (2023)

• Mushrooms and its uses (2023)

• Indian Squirrels (2023)
• Bio-diversity Management Committees (2023)
• Characteristic Features – Lion Tailed Macaque, Malabar Civet,
Samabr Deer (2023)
• Adaptation – Waggle Dance (2023)
BIO-DIVERSITY • Lichens and Ecological succession (2014)
AND • Various food chains in Eco-system (2013)
• Musk Deer’s natural Habitat (2020)
CONSERVATION
• Natural habitat of Asiatic lion, One horned Rhinoceros (2019)
• Unique fauna like Ceylon frogmouth, Gray chinned Civet etc (2020,
2023)
• Indian Elephants and their characteristic features (2020)
• Certain species are well known for (2022, 2023) – Fishing cat,
Orangutan, Otter, Sloth Bear
 POLITY IAS BABA
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The main objectives of the Preamble and their importance. (2020)
PREAMBLE & HISTORICAL
Various Philosophies in Preamble like Sovereignty, Socialist, Secular, Re-
UNDERPINNING OF public ,Democratic , Justice and their features. (2019)
CONSTITUTION Chief Purpose of Constitution of a Country (2023)

IMPORTANT
The 42nd Amendment Act,1976 and salient features. (2018)
AMENDMENTS IN INDIAN The 44th Amendment act,1978 and its Salient features. (2020)
CONSTITUTION

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS Features of fundamental Rights v/sDPSPs (2020)

Features of Fundamental Duties (2017)
FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES
Difference between Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties. (2013)
DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES Judicial Interpretations of Fundamental Rights (2023)
OF STATE POLICY Due Process of Law (2023)

Art. 16(4)- Reservation Policies (2023)

Art.14-Right to Equality (2021)
Art.19-Right to Freedom (2019)
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS Art.21-Right to Privacy (2018, 2021)
Art.23-24-Right against exploitation (2015)
Art.29-30- Cultural and Educational Rights. (2015)
Preventive Detention (2023)

IMPORTANT 5th and 6th Schedules (2015, 2022)

SCHEDULES IN INDIAN 7th Schedule (2016)
10th Schedule (2019)
CONSTITUTION
Difference between Presidential and Parliamentary forms of
VARIOUS FORMS OF
Government(2020)
GOVERNMENT Constitutional Government and Representative Government (2021)

Differences between Rajya Sabha and Loka Sabha (2018, 2020)

Speaker of the Lok Sabha – Roles and responsibilities (2018)
Provisions and restrictions to contest in Loka Sabha and Rajya Sabha
LEGISLATURE Elections (2021)
Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha (2022)
exclusive power(s) of Lok Sabha (2022)
Procedure of Constitution Amendment Bill (2022)
 POLITY IAS BABA
REPEATED THEMES REPEATED TOPICS
President of India – Powers and previleges (2020)
Vice-PresidentofIndia (2013)
Governor (2019)
Prime Minister and council of Ministers (2017)
Chief Minister and Council of Ministers (2015)
Powers of President v/s powers of Governor (2013)
EXECUTIVE Attorney General of India and Solicitor General of India (2013, 2022)
Comptroller and Auditor General Of India (2013)
Difference between Union and State Executive (2014)
Prisons Act, 1894 and Prisons Management (2023)
Elections of President of India (2023)
Powers of President in determining Scheduled areas (2023)

Supreme Court of India and High Court (2019)

Judicial Review (2015)
Various Jurisdictions Advisory, Appellate, Original ,Writs
Jurisdictions(2014)
Difference of powers between Supreme court Judges and High Court
JUDICIARY Judges (2013, 2021)
Writs Issued by the Courts in India. (2022)
Bar Councils. (2022)
Advocates. (2022)
Contempt of Court. (2022)

DEVICES OF Parliamentary Committees (2015,2018)

PARLIAMENTARY Various Sessions of Parliament and its Proceedings (2017)
How a bill is passed in the Parliament (2016)
PROCEEDINGS
CITIZENSHIP IN INDIA Constitutional provisions for Citizens and Non-Citizens. (2017, 2021)

Private members Bill (2017)

TYPES OF BILLS Difference between Finance Bill v/s Money Bill v/s Ordinary Bill (2015,
2023)

Quo warranto (2022)

Mandamus (2022)
TYPES OF WRITS Habeas corpus
Certiorari (2014)
 POLITY IAS BABA
REPEATED THEMES REPEATED TOPICS
Sarkaria Commission
Narasimhan Committee
LIST OF IMPORTANT Bhagwati Committee
COMMITTEES & Rangarajan Committee
H.N. Sanyal Committee (2022)
COMMISSIONS IN INDIA
1st and 2nd ARC Reports. (2019)
15th Finance Commission (2023)

Art.352–Art.360
EMERGENCY PROVISIONS Powers of President and Governor during Emergencies. (2015,2018)

REPRESENTATION OF RPA act,1950 (2017)

PEOPLE’S ACT RPA act,1951 (2013)

73rd and 74th Constitutional amendments and their salient

LOCAL SELF features. (2013)

GOVERNMENT Jurisdictions of various Panchayat raj institutions, Municipal

Committees (2014)

Law and Liberty (2017)

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
Constitution and Law (2018)
VARIOUS PHILOSOPHIES Difference between Communalism, Regionalism and Secularism (2020)

CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES National Commission for Backward Classes (2023)

STATUTORY BODIES National Human Rights Commission (2023)

NON STATUTORY
National Law Commission (2023)
BODIES

CENTRE AND STATE

Centre’s duty towards State (2023)
RELATIONS
ECONOMICS IAS BABA
REPEATED THEMES REPEATED TOPICS
Regional Rural banks in India (2013)
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)(2013)
Basel– 3 Norms (2015)
Bank Rate (2015)
Payment Banks (2016)
Non-Profitable Assets(NPAs) -(2016)
BANKING Core Banking Solutions (2016)

SYSTEM IN INDIA Small Finance Banks (2017, 2022)

Capital Adequacy Ratio of a Bank (CAR) (2018)
Bank Board Bureau (2019)
Reserve Bank Of India and its roles in Banking system (2019)
Co-operative Banks in India (2020)
Urban Co-operative Banks in India (2021)
Money Multiplier (2018, 2021)

Inflation in the Economy (2013, 2021, 2022)

Open Market Operations (2015)
Fiscal Deficit (2017)
Monetary Policy Committee (2017)
The Financial Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003 (2018)
RBI’s role in money supply(2019)
Cash Reserve Ratio-CRR (2019)
MONEY
Statutory Liquidity Ratio-SLR (2019)
SUPPLY IN INDIA Monetary Policy (2020)
Economic Contagion (2020)
Demand-Pull Inflation (2021)
Economic Recession (2021)
Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (2022)
Sterilization (2023)
Call money (2023)

Bitcoins (2016)
National Payments Corporation of India-NPCI (2018)
DIGITAL / CASHLESS Bharat Interface for Money-BHIM (2018)

ECONOMY IN INDIA Unified Payment Interface-UPI (2017)

Merchant Discount Rate-MDR (2018)
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) (2022)
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REPEATED THEMES REPEATED TOPICS
Sales Tax in India (2014)
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (2016)
TAXATION
Tax and Non-Tax Revenue (2017)
SYSTEM IN INDIA Goods and Service Tax-GST (2017)
InvITs (2023)

Venture Capital (2014)

National Investment and Infrastructure Fund-NIIF (2017)
INVESTMENT Foreign Direct Investments (2021)
Public Investment Model in Agriculture (2020)
& INFRASTRUCTURE
External commercial borrowings (2022)
Intangible Investment (2023)

Index of 8 core Industries (2015)

Consumer price Index number for Industrial Workers (2015)
Ease of doing Business Report (2016)
VARIOUS FINANCIAL Global Financial Stability Report (2016)

REPORTS AND INDICES Wholesale Price Index(WPI) and Consumer Price Index(CPI) (2020)
Inflation Indexed Bonds (2022)
Convertible Bonds (2022)
credit rating agencies (2022)

Convertibility of Rupee (2015)

Under-valuation of Currency (2019)
CURRENCY IN INDIA De-valuation of Currency (2021, 2022)
Digital Currency (2023)

Composition of Foreign Exchange Reserves. (2013)

FOREIGN
Special Drawing Rights (2016)
EXCHANGE RESERVES U.S federal reserve (2022)

Marginal Standing facility rate (2014)

RBI AND ITS Net Demand and Time liabilities (2014)

FUNCTIONS(2022) Open market Operations (2015)

Governor of RBI (2021)

ECONOMIC
Five-year plans–5thFive-year plan and its objectives (2014)
PLANNING IN INDIA
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Central Banks (2023)
INDIA AND OTHER G20 (2023)
FINANCIAL European Union (2023)
India and WTO (2020)
INSTITUTIONS (2022)
India and World Bank, ASEAN,IMF (2016)

Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme (2016)

Masala Bonds (2016)
VARIOUS INVESTMENT Government Securities (2021)
Treasury Bills (2018, 2021, 2023)
METHODS IN INDIA
Government Bonds (2021, 2023)
Stock Market and concept of Beta (2023)

FINANCIAL SEBI and its roles (2018)

REGULATORY RBI and its roles (2014)
Bank Board Bureau (2019)
INSTITUTIONS
Deficit Budget (2015)
Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme (2016)
ECONOMIC SURVEY
Policies like Kisan Credit Card Scheme (2020)
AND UNION BUDGET Production Linked Incentive Scheme (2023)
Janani Suraksha Yojana (2023)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY I A S BABA
REPEATED THEMES REPEATED TOPICS
• Mycorrhizal Technology and its applications in Agriculture (2013)
• Recombinant DNA Technology (2013)
• Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (2015)
• Transcriptome–Bioinformatics (2016)
• Genome Sequencing and its applications (2017)
• Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Technology (2017)
• CRISPR Cas9 protein (2018, 2019)
BIOTECHNOLOGY • GM mustard and its features (2018)
AND ITS • RNA interference technology (RNAi) and anti-sense RNA
technology(2019)
APPLICATIONS
• Functional Chromosomes and Artificial functional DNA(2019)
• Genetics – Human induced pluripotent stem cells (2020)
• Pronuclear Transfer – Advances in Human Reproductive
Technology (2020)
• DNAgenomes (2021)
• Bollgard–1 andBollgard –2technologies (2021)
• ACE–2technologyanditsprocedures (2021)
• Public Key Infrastructure (2020)
• Cybersecurity (2017)
• Smart India Hackathon –2017 (2017)
• Block chain Technology. (2018)
INFORMATION
• Digital signature and its applications (2017)
TECHNOLOGY • Wannacry,Petya,Ransomware,EternalBlue – Cyberattacks (2018)
• Internet of Things (2018)
• Artificial Intelligence and its applications (2020)
Software as a Service(SaaS)(2022)
• Near field communication Technology (2015)
• Applications GPS technology (2018)
• Visible Light Communication Technology (VLC technology) (2020)
• Project LOON (2016)
COMMUNICATION • Differences between LTE (Long term evolution) and VOLTE (Voice

TECHNOLOGY over long term evolution)(2019)

• Augmented Reality(AR) v/s Virtual Reality.(VR) (2019)
• OLED sand their applications (2017)
• Li-fi v/s Wi-fi (2016)
•Built on top of open-source digital plat forms qubit (2022)
• Short-Range devices/technologies (2022)
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• Carbon Nanotubes–Properties and their applications in Health sector
NANO-TECHNOLOGY (2015, 2020)
• Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (2022)
MISSILE TECHNOLOGY • Types of missiles and technologies involved (2023)
• Vitamin deficiency diseases.(2014)
• Diptheria, Chickenpox, Smallpox (2014)
• H1N1virus (2015)
DISEASES, CAUSATIVE
• Hepatitis-Band HIV virus (2019)
AGENTS & VACCINES • Multi-drug resistance in microbial pathogens (2019)
• Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines. (PCVvaccine) – (2020)
• Viruses–Adenovirus and Retrovirus (2021)
• Hereditary Diseases-Mitochondrial Diseases(2021)
• Recombinant Vector Vaccines (2021)
• Biofilms vaccines manufactured to prevent COVID-19 pandemic role of
B cells and T cells in the human body (2022)
• Anemia Mukt Bharat Strategy (2023)
• Cassini Huygens, Messenger, Voyager and their purposes (2014)
• Indian Remote sensing Satellites and their applications (2015)
• Mangalyaan (2017)
• International Thermonuclear experimental Reactor– The Miniature
Sun (2017)
SPACE TECHNOLOGY • Termslike ‘EventHorizon, ‘Singularity’,‘String theory’ and‘standard
model’– (2017)
• Domestic content requirement (2017)
• Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity (2018)
• Satellite Navigation System (2023)

• Dispersion, Refraction and Internal reflection (2013)

• Fuel cells –Hydrogen enrich fuel and oxygen (2015)
• Chemicals like Brominated vegetable oils, Monosodium Glutamate
and their concerns. (2017)
• Aadhar and Application Programme Interface. (API) (2018)
MISCELLANEOUS • 3D-printing and its applications.(2018)
CONCEPTS • Belle-2 Experiment (2018)
• Wearable Technologies and their applications (2019)
• Denisovan.(2019)
• Drones and their applications (2020)
• Differences between plant cell and Animal cell.(2020)
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REPEATED THEMES REPEATED TOPICS
• Triclosan and its concerns (2021)
•Bisphenol –A(BPA)–Plastic composition (2021)
• Sodium lamps v/s LED lamps (2021)
Probiotics - major solar storm (solar flare) effects on Earth(2022)
• Biotechnology and its Applications – DNA Barcoding (2022)
• Home Guards (2023)
MISCELLANEOUS
• The Arms (Amendment) Act,2019 (2023)
CONCEPTS • Aerial Metagenomics (2023)
• Microsatellite DNA (2023)
• Carbon Fibers (2023)
•Technology/Functions involved in - Detection of Car crash/Collision,
Detection of accidental free fall of laptop on ground, Detection of tilt of
smart phone (2023)